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LAST HOLDER.

No. 599,776. Patented Mar. l, 1898.

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UNITED STATES l PATENT OEEICE.

IsAE EEEO'HETTE, oE MONTREAL, CANADA.

LAST-HOLDER.

SPECIFIOATION'forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 599,776, dated March 1, 1898.

Application filed January 28, 1897,. Serial No. 621,093. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, IsAE FRGHETTE, a citi-l zen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at the city of Montrealfin the district of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Last-Holders for Boots or Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art lo which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to a last-holder which can be used as a lasting-jack and possessing improvements over those now in use, especially in the way of securing the standard on which the last is placed, and has for its object to provide a handier last-holder Athan thosenow existing.

VReferring to the drawings, similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure lis a side view.' Fig. 2 isa front view, and Fig. 3 is a plan view.

' consisting ofa circular plate D, which can freely turn on the pivot cl. Onto this rotating plate D are secured the standards E and F, the latter being forked or slotted and serving to support the last heel-supportG, which is pivoted to it at g, so that it can rock backward and forward on the latter, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,'while to the one E isy secured the adjustable toe support H by means of the radial arm I, having a U -shaped channel at i, into which is inserted the tailpiece of the support H, held atany suitable height by means of the projection 1l', abutting against one of the vteeth h on the tailpiece of the toe-support H, the arm I being pivoted to the standard E at e.

The tailpiece of the toe-support H is provided with the longitudinal slot h', so as to allow the thumb-screw J to pass through it to clamp thetoe-support H and arm I at any suitable angle with the plate D by sliding in the curved slot O in the standard E.

To secure the heel-support G in its vertical position, I make use of the lever K, made as 5 5 shown on the drawings and pivoted to the plate D at lo and provided with the spring L, secured eccentrically to it atl at one extremity and to the point e on the standard E at the other, so that when in the position shown on 6o Fig. 3that is, securing the heel-support G in its upright position-that is, the lower end of the last-holder G abutting against the bottom of the slot in the standard F atM-the spring L tends to hold it in this position, while 6 heel-support G is only allowed a limited play, 7o l as shown in dotted lines on Fig. l.

The last N is put on the heel-support G, so that the upper end of the latter, which is smaller, enters a corresponding opening im the last when the heel-support Gis in the position shown in dotted lines. Then the heelsupport G is brought forward and secured vertically, as already described, when the end of the last N rests on the toe-support II. v

The object of making the last-holder G in 8o such a way as to fall back or away from the support H is so as to be able to reach the end of the last N without being obliged to turn the whole head yof the machine, as is now the case. 8

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. In a last-holder, the combination, with a supporting-plate, and aforked standard car- 9o ried thereby, ofV a last heel-support pivoted in the fork of the said standard and free toY move in one direction, a horizontal lever pivoted to the said plate and bearing against the lower part of the said support, and a spring connected with the said plate at one end and having its other end attached to the said lever eccentric of its pivot and operating to hold it stationary in two positions, substantially as set forth.

2. In a last-holder, the combination, with a standard E providedwith a slot, of an arm I IOO vided With a longitudinal slot and teeth for engaging with the said projection, and a thumb-screw passing through the said slots 15 and clamping together the said standard, toesupport, and arm, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISA'I'E FROHETTE.

Vitnesses:

JAMES LAURIN, ll. DIvRIEs. 

